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Data for the replication of Parties Are No Civic Charities: 
Voter Contact and the Changing Partisan Composition of the Electorate
Florian Foos and Peter C. John 
Political Science Research and Methods
Date: July 20, 2016
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Files for replication:

1. Foos_John_PSRM_data_18_Jul_2016.dta: Replication data; Stata 13 format
2. Foos_John_PSRM.do:  Replication code; Stata format
3. Foos_John.grec: Stata graph recording file; Stata format
4. Foos_John_5cat.grec: Stata graph recording file; Stata format
5. Foos_John_PSRM_Tables_2_A1_A2_Figure_A1.R: Replication code for Manuscript Table 2 and Supporting Information Tables A2, A3 and Figure A1; R format


Software versions:

All data analyses in this article were carried out using Stata/SE 13.1 for Mac (64-bit Intel) and/or Windows (64-bit x86-64) and R Studio [Version 0.98.1091]


Please execute the code files in the following order:

1. Foos_John_PSRM.do
2. Foos_John_PSRM_Tables_2_A1_A2_Figure_A1.R

